Initial water testing in two Yellowknife schools that showed high levels of lead was conducted by unqualified staff who didn’t use national best practices for water...
OUR GOAL: Strengthen relationships with Indigenous Peoples in the Northwest Territories, while preparing the Legislative Assembly for a transformational change, ensuring Indigenous worldviews are embedded in...
Significant cuts coming to the Jordan’s Principle program — a federal program that many schools depend on to support their students — are taking a toll...
“There’s no legal authority for us to remove an encampment. We can’t go down there with a bulldozer and knock it down. We have to work...
Many NWT communities already have difficulty recruiting and retaining their firefighters and first responders, so it’s hoped a private members bill that increases medical insurance will...
After a turbulent summer last year of chasing homeless encampments and the associated illegal activities around Yellowknife, the territorial government will allow tents to be set...
A sensitive subject brought back to the NWT Assembly by Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh MLA Richard Edjericon resulted in some frayed nerves and unparliamentary language at the end...
The Dene Nation wants an apology as it says Indigenous leadership was excluded from recognition protocols at the opening reception of the Western Premiers’ Conference. Dene...
On the eve of the Western Premiers’ Conference in Yellowknife, Premier R.J. Simpson on Wednesday had to tiptoe around some political minefields set by some Regular...
The pending closure of the NWT’s three huge diamond mines will certainly reduce direct taxation revenues for the territorial government, but it’s the ripple effects through...